Welcome to Year 4 - Opal Class
Staff
Mrs V Leach
Opal
BA (Hons) PGCE
Hi my name is Mrs Leach and I am the current year 5 teacher in Opal. As well as being a class teacher I am also the school lead on creative arts. One of my big passions is for the creative arts so I ensure this is delivered across the whole school
Miss M Ritchie
Opal
PE Day & PE Kit
PE will take place on Wednesday.
Please ensure you child comes to school in their PE Kit on that day.
What's New
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Snack Money
Morning snack can be sent from home or purchased from school. Anyone buying snack from school must commit to the whole week and pay via ParentPay on Monday morning before 8:30am. The maximum amount snack will cost is £2.50 per week. There is also an option to pay for the whole term.
Reading Books
Reading Books will usually be changed Wednesday and Friday. Please read with your child every night and sign their reading record.
Knowledge Organiser
You have been given a Knowledge Organiser and Homework Grid with some tasks relating to our topic.
Each week we will have a focus that has been covered on the Knowledge Organiser:
Homework
Children will get up to 15 spellings per week to learn at home which should be handed in every Thursday.
Children must read at least 3 times per week at home. If children read each night totaling 5 times per week then a weekly reward is given.
Termly homework activities grid - see link below for tasks.
Recent Terms Archive
Welcome to Opal Class
Overview
Class Topics For Each Half Term
Topic
Themes to be explored
Autumn 1:
Women in the War.
A history focus where we will learn about the roles of women during WW2, who helped lead our country to victory. We will learn about the specific roles where women put their lives on the line to defend and help keep their country running during the many years WW2 lasted for, such as working in local bomb factories at Risley to working the land as Land Army girls. In order to fully grasp some of the roles the women completed, we will be taking part in various workshops, where the children will have a hands on opportunity to learn what life was life as a Land Army member and as a WW2 nurse on the frontline.
Links to support learning: History
Autumn 2:
One Giant Step!
This term we will focus on another history focus which looks at significant people who have helped to develop space travel over the years including British astronaut Sir Tim Peake, British mathematician Ada Lovelace and Sir Tim Berners Lee who was a computer scientist. Each of the people previously mentioned helped develop the world of space travel and exploration in different ways and will become the key figures that the children learn about this term.
Spring 1:
Lodge Lane to Louisiana.
This term is our geography topic where we will look at the key differences between a South American country and our own local area. We will develop geographical skills such as map reading and find out where Louisiana sits on a globe in relation to where we live in Warrington. To develop our writing we will also explore the tradition of the Mardi Gras festival writing our very own travel brochure and look at the story of Huckleberry Finn to create our own fictional story.
Spring 2:
This term we will focus on another geography unit where we will learn all about the landmarks that make up our capital. As well as this we will delve into the fictional world of story writing by using ‘‘This morning I saw a whale’’ written by Michael Morpurgo. With this story, we will be rewriting what happened the day the whale came to visit which will also then lead into letter writing about plastic pollution and climate change.
Links to support learning: Science
Summer 1:
Changes
This term is all about science with our Changes topic, where we will look at the natural changes that occur in the natural world including insects, mammals, amphibians and humans. To bring the subject alive we will have our very own class butterflies, which we will watch grow and change from chrysalis’ into fully grown butterflies.
Links to support learning: Science
Summer 2:
This term we will focus on literacy using the fairytales of Shrek and the wonderful characters that are used within the family favourite film. To further encourage the children and develop their love of writing we are going on a day trip to London where we will take part in a tour at ‘Shrek’s Adventure’ as well as taking a river cruise along Thames taking in the sights of London’s skyline.
Links to support learning: History
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